On his way to the dry cleaner’s Wednesday morning, Lamoine Howard saw that the gate to his backyard fence was broken, the result of a rainstorm with heavy winds that came through the day before.

Putnam County Sheriff’s Office K9 Deputy James Sharp helped transport the African tortoise in a pickup truck after it was found trying to cross a road in Interlachen, Florida. Putnam County Sheriff's ...

(CNN) — A 100-year-old African tortoise named Biscuit has been reunited with his family after being rescued from a canal, according to the Parish of Ascension in Louisiana. A local animal control team ...

After more than three years of wandering around North Florida on her own, an African tortoise was found and reunited with her family.It's all thanks to a sheriff's office and an exotic animal refuge ...

All's well that ends well for one adorable African spurred tortoise and his family in Florida. The pet tortoise was missing after its owners briefly left their gate open while having works done on ...

LaMOURE, N.D. - The African sulcata tortoise that turned up on the edge of a field on Ben Nelson's farm near here was a long way from home. Nelson spotted the tortoise, which he first thought was a ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...